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Article: Re-Thinking Homegrown Terrorism.
- Article from:
- Daily News Egypt (Egypt)
- Article date:
- November 18, 2008
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BERLIN: Homegrown terrorism stands high on the security agenda almost everywhere in Europe. Its links to international extremist Islamic groups require that governments review and re-think how they respond to it.
International security cooperation, border controls, and transport sector monitoring are all important, but they don't go far enough. Governments must also identify radical tendencies within Europe's Muslim communities and devise strategies to counteract them. The narrow aim should be to nip terrorism in the bud, and the broader aim should be to open a dialogue with the Muslim community.
This agenda emphasizes intercultural communication as the ...